CHIDDINGSTONE NURSERY SCHOOL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1184378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHIDDINGSTONE NURSERY SCHOOL CIO

Chiddingstone Nursery is a pre-school whose aim is to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the need of their children through community groups.

Objects

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; ANDFURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £1,573 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £13,273 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial risks including underfunding from central government and increasing competition, while noting that government funding barely covers the running costs of contracted hours. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £108,363, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their stated policy targets for redundancy liabilities and contingency reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of average total expenditure of the last two years, excluding any rental and exceptional expenditure (held: £108k)

“The reserve policy is to meet redundancy liabilities equal to statutory redundancy pay; provide general contingency reserves equal to a minimum of three months of average total expenditure of the last two years, excluding any rental and exceptional expenditure; and provide rental contingency reserves equal to one year of total expenditure as per the current lease agreement.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chiddingstone Nursery CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Cuthbertsonchair
Alice Hewetson
Geraldine Cohen
Helen Gamble
Jennifer Brockman
Laetitia Sundt
Megan Downing
SARAH FITZGERALD O'CONNOR
Sophie Turpin
Susan Butcher
Victoria Wallis

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£117k	£115k
31/08/2024	£133k	£119k
31/08/2023	£124k	£111k
31/08/2022	£119k	£104k
31/08/2021	£100k	£86k

Common questions

Is CHIDDINGSTONE NURSERY SCHOOL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £1,573 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £13,273 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial risks including underfunding from central government and increasing competition, while noting that government funding barely covers the running costs of contracted hours. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £108,363, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their stated policy targets for redundancy liabilities and contingency reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLLINGHAM AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL.

COLLINGHAM AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL income £208k
CAMDEN COMMUNITY NURSERIES LIMITED income £1.3m
ST ANNE'S PRE-SCHOOL (CHINGFORD) income £142k
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD income £400k
VENTNOR COMMUNITY EARLY YEARS CENTRE LTD income £245k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHIDDINGSTONE NURSERY SCHOOL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLINGHAM AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£208k	—	within	—	no doubt
CAMDEN COMMUNITY NURSERIES LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ANNE'S PRE-SCHOOL (CHINGFORD) FY2024	£142k	—	above	—	no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025	£549k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD FY2025	£400k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.